Monday, July 17, 2006


Sorry its been a while since I last wrote. Frankly not too much has happened, have just been chilling in La Paz, enjoying the altitude (panting whenever i walk unhill) and hanging out with some travelers that I met here and there. I have been forced out of my original hostal so I am currently staying in my third room (first forced out of my room to another shared room then to another hostal). All a blessing in disguise, because my current hostal, called La Posada de la Abuela is really really great, like international standard, and only USD20 bucks a night. The weekend that just passed was a national festival (La Paz city day or something) so all the hostals are really full. The reason why this one isnt is I think because it is new and its not on any guidebooks, not even on the yellow page! I learned it from the Aussie girls who were staying here before they left for Lake Titicaca.

So a typical day for me in La Paz is wake up around 10am, have breakfast if I make it before 11am, if not, have lunch, walk around city, shop a bit, eat afternoon tea, walk around a bit more, go to the internet cafe, try to figure out how to go to the Salar (you will be amazed, the information about the transportation is so confusing I took several days to really find out how to go there), then have dinner (had two nights of Japanese food here, one at the best Jap restaurant in town called Wagamama and one night at the second best Japanese restaurant called New Tokyo). Anyway, am booked to do a mountain biking trip on the Worlds Most Dangerous Road (WMDR) tomorrow that takes me to Coroico. The reason it is called WMDR is because statistically there have been the most accidents (like buses rolling off the cliff, about 100 a year). Well I am going with a very established "American" tour group which hasnt had any accidents in 10 years, so I should be alright. Heard the vertical scenery is absolutely breathtaking, will share once I am done with it. I really wanna post pictures on here, i did try but somehow I failed, probably cuz the resolution is too high, then becuase these computers are in spanish, i really cant figure out how to reduce the resolution. Maybe later on, I will email out a group of photos for you to enjoy!

Lotsa love and missing everyone and home, from sunny La Pazzzzzz. This keyboard doesnt have the apostrophe...

Photo: Bolivians on strike. Picture taken under high risk of camera being snatched, so no more of these.

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